Second Call for Papers
WODCA 2025-Workshop on Optimization, Dynamics, and Convex Analysis
on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Prof. Alexander Plakhov
June 11-14, 2025, Aveiro, Portugal
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/wodca2025/
Organized by a team of professors and researchers from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Aveiro, with the scientific support of CIDMA-Center for Research & Development in Mathematics and Applications and the University of Algarve, this workshop celebrates the 65th anniversary of Prof. Alexander Plakhov.
Prof. Alexander Plakhov has devoted more than 25 years of scientific work to the University of Aveiro. His remarkable contributions, published in over 100 papers and books, are deeply intertwined with many of the workshop's themes. An associate professor with habilitation at the Department of Mathematics, Prof. Plakhov has been coordinating CIDMA's research group on Optimization, Graph Theory, and Combinatorics since 2018.for researchers and
Aims and Scope: The workshop aims to bring together researchers in the fields of Billiard Theory, Dynamic Systems, Optimal Mass Transportation, Control, and Optimization.
Topics: Billiards, Optimal mass transport, the Kakeya needle problem, Convex Geometry, Calculus of Variations, Applications of Mathematics in Mechanics, Dynamical Systems, Optimal Control, Mathematical Modelling, Mathematical Programming, Convex analysis, Convex Optimization, Integer Programming.
Chairs: Tatiana Tchemisova, Delfim F.M. Torres, and João Pedro Cruz.
Organizing Committee: Enide Andrade, Paula Carvalho, Sofia Pinheiro, Paula Rama, and Daniel Graça
Scientific Committee:
Arseniy Akopian-- USA
Viktor Aleksandrov -- Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia,
Nelli Aleksandrova -- University of Madeira, Portugal,
Enide Andrade -- University of Aveiro, Portugal,
Ivan Beschastnyi -- Centre Inria d'Université Cote d'Azur, France,
Michael Bialy-- Tel Aviv University, Israel
Leonid Bunimovich -- Georgia Institute of Technology, USA,
Vladimir Bushenkov– University of Évora, Portugal,
Giuseppe Buttazzo – University of Pisa, Italy,
Robert Mc Cann -- University of Toronto, Canada,
Domingos Cardoso-- University of Aveiro, Portugal,
Paula Carvalho-- University of Aveiro, Portugal,
João Pedro Cruz-- University of Aveiro, Portugal,
Aleksey Davydov -- Moscow State University, Russia,
Alexey Glutsyuk -- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Konstantin Khanin -- University of Toronto, Canada,
Sergey Kryzhevich-- Gdansk University of Technology, Poland,
Evgeni Lakshtanov-- Standard Chartered Bank, Poland,
Mark Levi -- Penn State, USA,
Lev Lokutsievskiy -- Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS, Russia,
Abolfazl Mirzazadeh -- Kharazmi University, Iran,
Gennady Mishuris - Aberystwyth University, UK,
Gaiane Panina - Russia, Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS, Russia,
Olga Paris-Romaskevich -- Mathematics Institute in Marseille, France,
Aleksey B. Piunovskiy -- University of Liverpool, UK,
Sofia Pinheiro – University of Aveiro, Portugal,
Alexander Plakhov – University of Aveiro, Portugal,
Oleg Prokopyev -- University of Zurich, Switzerland,
Vladimir Protasov -- University of L'Aquila, Italy,
Paula Rama-- University of Aveiro, Portugal,
Vera Roshchina -- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia,
Andrey Sarychev-- University of Florence, Italy,
Michail Shvartsman -- University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA,
Sergey Tabachnikov -- The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Tatiana Tchemisova -- University of Aveiro, Portugal,
Delfim Torres-- University of Aveiro, Portugal,
Gerd Wachsmuth -- BTU Cottbus- Senftenberg, Germany,
Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber -- Poznan University of Technology,
Pavel Zatitskii -- University of Cincinnati, USA,
Daniel Graça-- University of Algarve.
Registration:
Regular registration fee:
Early Bird (till May 5, 2025) – 300 Euros
Late Bird (till May 25, 2025) – 360 Euros
Student registration fee:
Early Bird (till May 5, 2025) – 150 Euros
Late Bird (till May 25, 2025) – 180 Euros
Accompanying person: 80 Euros
Registration includes participation in all sessions of the Workshop; kit of materials, coffee breaks, and social program (including the Conference Dinner).
Student registration includes participation in all sessions of the Workshop; a kit of materials, coffee breaks, and a social program (except the Conference Dinner).
Presentations. The participants are invited to submit the abstract of their talk which will be accepted for presentation in the form of either an oral talk or a poster presentation.
Special Issue. A Special Issue of the Journal of Convex Analysis (JCA), https://www.heldermann.de/JCA/jcacover.htm, will be dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Alexander Plakhov and the participants of the Workshop can submit their papers to this issue. Please follow the instructions on the conference website.
Important dates:
Abstract submission: April 20, 2025
Information about acceptance: April 27, 2025
Early bird registration: May 5, 2025
Late bird registration: May 25, 2025
Workshop: June 11-14, 2025
Submission to the Special Issue of the Journal of Convex Analysis: June 30, 2025